Do you have a habit of buying books but never read them?

Hey altha! I have been on a "reading binge" since last summer! I have read about 10 books since then! And now I am on a buying book binge and am reading everything that I buy even if I don't really care for the books after I get them! I am determined now to read everything that I buy no matter what! If I waste the money by buying something by mistake then I am going to read it! I love to read and had stopped reading for a long time and got myself back into enjoying reading late at night into the early morning hours to keep myself from staying on the computer! I need to add variety to my brain and it seems to be working because I have now found "reading books" again and I love it!

No, as soon as I buy a book I read it at home. In fact I have read many books in my shelf a few times already. I buy books that I could read only.

oh my gosh I hoard books like crazy. no trip to the mall would be complete without buying books or even magazines. I have a whole load that I have yet to read. it actually drives my husband crazy. hahaha.

Oh, have I ever? The question is yes. It wasn't intentional never to read them of course. But because I like buying books in used bookshops, they tend to pile up a lot. I do go through the pile slowly and eventually get to read them. However, we had a big flood here last year, and I wasn't able to save all my books. Because of that, a lot of the books I had piled up got destroyed and I never got to read them :(

No , as far as I am concerned, I think I seldom buy the books without reading. For me, when I buy a book at home, then I will try my best to make full use of my spare time to read it over. I just do not want to delay the things to the next day,which I may have some other things to do. So the first time I hvae bought the book, I think I will try my best to read it over as oon as poosinle. I will let it last a long time .

I laughed a lot reading this, of course it happened to me at some point of my life but hey, I started give it an effort to read as much as I can and with a lot of discipline it payed off. I mean really, start by saying to yourself "today i will read 20 or 30 pages" and you will see that if you stick to this you are slowly going to read more and more. If you are so incline, that is. Also, maybe you should practice self-restraint in the mall and instead of buying a book, you lay off of it and come back in a week and see if you still want it. You seem very impulsive to me and I think you should invest your time in self-control and discipline..

I've bought many books which I haven't gotten around to reading just yet, I still don't think it's a waste of money or anything because they're there as and when I need them which in my opinion is a good thing. I actually read comic books/novels more than I read text books, as I find them more interesting and I like to see pictures as it tells more to me. It's not that I don't want to read them, just haven't got around to it.

Nope. It's exactly backward for me; I have a friend who buys literally large paper grocery bagfuls of books all in one trip, & freely shares them with me, as she knows my budget can seldom afford me that lux--well, wait, not a "luxury," as I nearly said. With we bibliophiles, it's more a necessity! Before I became so poor, I used to do the same as she, & as a young girl, I haunted the city library, & dragged home the maximum allowed. I have a cousin who, as a child, did that, too, & he'd read them all quickly & return for more. The librarian in our small town assumed he couldn't have actually read so many, & grew annoyed, then complained to his mom. My aunt & I set her straight pronto! John & I will probably have several books (in different rooms) going the day we kick our respective buckets! Maggiepie "IF EVEN HIS wife NOW ADMITS HE'S KENYAN, why IS OBAMA STILL IN OFFICE?"

yeah and that end up my collection, because i didn't find time to read it..just a collection but i promised to read it when i have time, not now..maybe some other time..so that this book would be a helped to others, i let other borrow my books.

I have a bad habit of doing that, too. I'm trying to read all my books now... decide which ones I will keep and which ones I will try to sell online. It's going to take me a while. I don't have enough free time to read them all. :)

Haha...yeah it happens to me when I buy books or DVDs. usually I don't have time to read since my work required me to work 9 to 5 and when I went home, all I want is just relaxing. For some people, reading books are a way of relaxing. I used to feel like that back in college or when I was at school, but nowadays only intenet and movies that relaxed my mind.

I do tend to buy a lot of books for myself because of the fact that I have always been a reader. That said, there are very few times that I will buy a book and never read it. I actually keep a stack of books that I've never read before and when I finish with that stack of books, I will reread books that I've already read before. I couldn't imagine wasting a lot of my money on books that I never intend to read.

That does happen to me on many occasions where i buy a book, but just dont get the time to read it. But eventually, i do manage to read it only after 2 to 3 months of buying it.

It happens quite often to me to buy books but never to read them. The reasons are:lack of time and forgot about them. I usually buy books because I find them interesting and useful to be read sometime in the future and I don't want to loose the chance of getting them. As my spare time is short, I happened to read my books while traveling by train or while in hospital.

I have tons of books... about 200 that I have yet to read. Some came in a load from my mother several years ago; some came in another load from my parents' house after my father passed away. And then there are those that I have bought either from the library, garage sales, second hand stores or new (book stores or online). I don't have time to read them all and doubt I ever will. I keep looking over at the shelf trying to decide what book to read next. In the meantime someone will loan me a book to read and I feel I have a priority to read it first so I can return the book. So many books, so many decisions, so little time.

I have quite a backlog, but I do intend to read them eventually.

I sure do have a habit of buying books and don't get around to reading them just yet, but it adds to my collection. I buy books that I know that I will enjoy reading so when I have spare time then I can just grab one and read it that's already in my collection. I don't lose interest in them at all, I just make sure I have my favorite books when I want to read.

happens all the time. Not so much any more as i dont go shopping much these days like when i was working. when i got diabled, ive started reading them now and catching up with them. here iam now finding some books i didnt even remember having. i had over 200 books to catch up on when i moved here. have now tried to figure out what im going to do with ones ive read, as i cant stand to toss them. and ebay sucks...

hi atha, Atha means in our Telugu language mother in law,up to two years back i am buying books and reading books,but mostly i read spiritual books only,but due to lack of time for reading i am not buying books for the last two years,if i found good book and if i have some money then i will buy the book and read it immediately,have a nice day

I too have loads of books I've never read. I do intend to read them one day when I have time. But time is something I don't have the leisure of enjoying.